Underlying every successful painting is some sort of directional structure that holds it together or gives a visual order. A directional structure is a visual arrangement of angles and/or curves that guides the eye. It can be
built according to how the eye sees or according to an composing plan. In the spirit of fun, let's play a game:
WHAT DIRECTIONAL STRUCTURE DO THESE FOUR PAINTINGS
HAVE IN COMMON?
One of the things that gives all these paintings their strength is that the directional movement is not obvious. It functions much like the framing
structure that we don't see behind the walls of a building. The more subtle the structure, the more interesting the building. The same is true for a painting.
Most likely, you've discovered it by now, but just in case, here are some diagrams that show the structure.
It's one-point perspective!
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